While in college studying physics and mathematics, people almost incessantly called me Richard. I am actually Robert. So I went around saying "I'm not Richard! My name is NOT RICHARD!" The head of the math department started labeling my papers as ~Richard, the boolean operator for "NOT." Hence was born the philosophy of Notism-- since the universe is infinite, it is unnatural to limit your description to ONLY the things you know you are. Unless you've tried everything, which would be impossible.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

While in college studying physics and mathematics, people almost incessantly called me Richard. I am actually Robert. So I went around saying "I'm not Richard! My name is NOT RICHARD!" The head of the math department started labeling my papers as ~Richard, the boolean operator for "NOT." Hence was born the philosophy of Notism-- since the universe is infinite, it is unnatural to limit your description to ONLY the things you know you are. Unless you've tried everything, which would be impossible, you should describe yourself by the things you know you are not.

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The son of regionally known Everglades artist Connie Hillyer, who "came to Florida for the family, and stayed for the clouds," I grew up in Homestead, spending weekends in the Keys and summers in Michigan at a lighthouse, and Helen, Georgia in the mountains above Atlanta for art shows. We had close to fifty different fruits and edibles in our yard, or in our neighborhood, giving me a broad sense memory of tropical fruits, tomatoes, and various vegetables, as well as of the local seafood offerings that South Florida had to offer. I attended Miami Dade College on an Honors/College Bowl/BrainBowl scholarship earning my degree in Physics, dabbling in mathematics and computer sciences (yes, I managed to tie up the entire server attempting to generate fractals....during registration). I relocated to Orlando for work and to further my education, and got the Disney bug, where I met many Culinary Institute of America and FCI trained chefs, and Cyril Chappellet at a wine tasting, and he told me I had an amazing palate and needed to go into the wine business. On to NYC!